Saves the questions and what to expect into your notes, next to the visit they belong to.
Keep this study
Lead
Esbjerg Hospital - University Hospital of Southern Denmark
With
Holbaek Sygehus
Odense University Hospital
Sygehus Lillebaelt
Please refer to the full protocol.
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
age 18 years or older
ability to give informed consent
previously diagnosed COPD (either confirmed diagnosis at prior hospital - contact or from their general practitioner or confirmed diagnosis by the treating physician in the emergency department (verified by use of relevant medication))
admitted with acute exacerbation (acute and worsened shortness of breath) of COPD
requiring oxygen treatment
You may not be if
Instability at arrival requiring immediate lifesaving treatment, e.g. intubation or non-invasive ventilation, within the first 30 minutes
Expected total length of stay in hospital \< 12 hours
Planned transfer to another hospital within 12 hours
Unwilling to have repeated arterial blood gas analyses within the first 12 hours
Patients judged terminal by treating physician in the emergency department
Non-residents of the particular country
Expected impossible follow-up
Fertile women (\<50 years of age) with positive urine human gonadotropin (hCG) or plasma-hCG
Prior participation in the study
Clareo Health | Comparing Mortality for Low vs High Peripheral Oxygen Saturation in COPD-patients With Acute Exacerbation
